Sakhi - Varnam - Krishna

Classical Dance forms & related music
Post Reply
preyas
Posts: 164
Joined: 13 Mar 2010, 02:24

Sakhi - Varnam - Krishna

Post by preyas »

I have come across varnams for Muruga, Vishnu, Siva in the following - Sakie or Nathan. These have been attributed to various composers. The ones I am aware are predominantly in tamil. Todi, Khamas, Sankarabaranam, Purvikalyani, Bhairavi, ragamalika, AnandaBhairavi etc.

I have not come across any varnams with Krishna as the focus. Are there any such ones in Tamil or in other languages. And if so can you provide some details of who wrote it ragam tala etc

Lakshman
Posts: 14019
Joined: 10 Feb 2010, 18:52

Re: Sakhi - Varnam - Krishna

Post by Lakshman »

Madurai Muralidharan has composed a number of them on Krishna.
Here are 4 that I have:
kArmukhil vaNNan. rAgA: punnAgavarALi. Adi tALA. Madurai Muralidharan.
mAlai nalla vELai (pv). rAgA: behAg. s/dhruva tALA. Madurai Muralidharan.
mukha vaNNam kaNDEn (pv). rAgA: sallApa. Adi tALA. Madurai Muralidharan.
nandagOpAlan ennai sondam (pv). rAgA: gaurimanOhari. Adi tALA. Madurai Muralidharan.

Post Reply